Bear Creek Golf Club
About
Monroe's Bear Creek Golf Club is situated in the heart of Walton County. It's less than an hour from Atlanta, making it a conveniently close getaway from the hustle and bustle of the city. The course originally opened in 1990 but in 2008 it changed ownership and underwent a major renovation that elevated its conditions to rival that of any of the area's best golf courses. The bunkers were rebuilt and re-sanded and the fairways were re-conditioned. Bear Creek G.C. has always been known for its excellent greens, which have a reputation for being some of the state's finest putting surfaces. The layout measures 6,585 yards from the back tees, which may seem short but there are some ups and downs throughout that will make it feel much longer.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by DSteele404 on 08/31/2026
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Backed up on 1‼️‼️ Photo submitted by u000006646278 on 08/15/2026
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Photo submitted by eqYoLMyhnGVuwQVzmyDj on 08/28/2025
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Photo submitted by juliahecky on 07/16/2025
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9:30 tee time. Lol Photo submitted by glenco68 on 03/29/2025
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Photo submitted by 77N4roMjklZjdRHMcF6h on 07/28/2023
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Photo submitted by MYwUPYLeidN4YqVkk3pj on 07/27/2023
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Photo submitted by mwbrown69 on 06/05/2023
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Photo submitted by mwbrown69 on 06/05/2023
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Photo submitted by mwbrown69 on 06/05/2023
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Photo submitted by mwbrown69 on 06/05/2023
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Photo submitted by socialw on 10/17/2022
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Photo submitted by socialw on 10/17/2022
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Linda really enjoyed playing at Bear Creek today! Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 09/13/2021
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overwatered green Photo submitted by chefgilly on 06/06/2021
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Fairway conditions Photo submitted by chefgilly on 06/06/2021
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Photo submitted by Tracydoster on 03/29/2021
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Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 11/23/2020
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My partner Linda at the 18th hole Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 08/07/2020
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Behind 18th green Photo submitted by 3TimeAWeekGolfer on 01/30/2020
Golfer Reviews
Workers oversleep you don’t play
Avoid early tee times, showed up for a tee time available on the app today and was told it’d be 45 minutes to an hour before I could play, asked if there was anyone I could talk to about this being the 3rd time it has happened and was told “the owner sometimes comes, idk” Played this course a lot since the new owners took over and up until they crammed a hole beside the pond and called their work complete I was really bought in to their changes. Now I can’t refund without using my own cancellation credits. They should not be able to sell tee times on golf now that they won’t fill or refund.
Bad
Confusing layout hard to tell where to go hard to tell what’s the actual tea boxes? Poor condition. Rough is way too thick and is a golf ball black hole. About a 70% chance you lose a ball if you hit it off the fairway slightly. Carts are horrible. They routinely have errors in their gating system. Terrible day.
NEED RESTROOMS
Course needs at least one restroom per nine holes. Unacceptable as it is.
Tee time management
It is very poor tee time management. Took 6 hours to finish 14 holes. Should ranger drive around and push who delayed
Nice value
Good condition. Cart paths need work but otherwise course in good shape. Greens were rolling true.
Poor Management
Upon arriving for our 9am tee time, when we pulled in the parking lot there was a line roughly 15 4somes deep. You would have thought there was a frost delay or something (it was 55 degrees outside). Was told by the starter that the tee times this morning were roughly 4-7 minutes spaced apart???? Insane. He also informed us that the reason for this was cramming a men’s league into this Saturday mornings already full and booked tee schedule. Why not send mens league to the back 9 to ensure pace of play for other players who paid for their tee time. Finally teed off close to 10:15 and didn’t finish the front 9 till about 12:30-12:40. I understand things can get out of hand with scheduling so I figured I would just simply ask the pro shop for a rain check for 9 holes, and I was over three hours into my planned time of play and didn’t have time to finish. Got told to email someone for this request??? No management on site all weekend. I asked the attendant at the desk to take down my name and number for a call from management on this matter. Still haven’t heard from anyone after calling back twice. As a local, and a regular golfer here, I will NOT be spending anymore of my hard earned money here. Very dissapointed with my local course this weekend all around. No bev cart going around on a backed up day, no snacks, and no glimmer from any staff member about it getting any better. But hey, at least they have new golf carts right????……
Bear Creek Enjoyable with friends
Great day for golf with friends. Course is in good condition and pace of play was great
This course has great features
The cart paths aren't great, but the greens and fairways are excellent. Plus, the price is fantastic. That’s why I’d recommend it.
Use to be so good now a waste of money
Man, this place used to be so good. I’ve been golfing here for over three years and have been well over 100 times. In the past year, this place has become a joke. They ruined the layout even more than it already was before. I’ve been here four times in the past two months and every single time they did not have any golf balls for sale but instead we’re selling used golf balls for $18 for a dozen. I can understand maybe one time not having balls but for over a month and four separate visits how does a golf course not have golf balls for sale. Cart path is abysmal and the new GPS tracking is awful so many restricted areas where you should be able to go and the course maintenance just seems to have gotten worse in the past year. I used to love coming to this place and consider it my home courseand even considered becoming a member and I’m so glad I did not cause it is a nightmare to go here now. I promise I will not come back to this course until the ownership changes or something improvements are actually made. Also never expect to see a cart girl on the weekends no matter how busy it is not that they are ever busy anymore anyway.
Very disappointed
Golf carts now have gps in them. Ours stopped working after hole 5. Cart #1.tried to reboot about 10 times. Still kept freezing up.
If you miss a fairway by even a few feet, you can kiss your ball goodbye. The second cut is so deep that if you are not standing right over your ball, you can't see it. Very frustrating when it takes you 10 minutes to look for your ball when it has just rolled off the fairway.
I only get down to this area 3 times a year and look forward to golfing. I had the same problem in the spring when I was here.
I have put a note in my phone to remember not to play this course when I come back in January.
Daily play
Great deal, greens weee nice. Like the new layout. Tough cart paths, hope they can get those fixed. Definitely recommend playing, enjoyed the course
Cart Paths are terrible
Please repair the cart Paths. That wore me out.
Our Cart also died and we had to reboot it which took a while and the players behind us started stacking up.
The Beer was very cold which was great.
Nice course
Nice course. Loved the course but it could use some improvement. The cart paths are atrocious and potholes are everywhere. Also the layout is a bit weird as you are often backtracking over previous holes to get to the next. Overall very enjoyable and nice but needs a little love.